Kate Leach

[Kate Leach @Kate_Leach1]

Late 14th c. Welsh version of a Latin treatise on the 12 properties of snakeskin (it can turn you invisible and also make you eloquent)... #medievalmonday #MedievalTwitter #Welsh #cymraeg #manuscripts #history #medievalmagic #medievalmedicine #britishlibrary #medieval

[Kate Leach @Kate_Leach1]

@odavies9 I adore Steve! I did most of my graduate school teaching for him and learned so much from him.

[Kate Leach @Kate_Leach1]

@georgiahenley I stopped in the third episode, I was so disappointed by it!

[Kate Leach @Kate_Leach1]

@roselyddon You should! There’s plenty to do with the charms and medical texts! Come join us! :)

[Kate Leach @Kate_Leach1]

@roselyddon Thank you for coming to the talk, and for your great question and comments!

[Kate Leach @Kate_Leach1]

My class “Magic and Faith in Medieval Medicine” has come to an end! Highlights included the #voynich Q&A with @lisafdavis. Thank you, Lisa, and thank you to the 41 incredible students who stuck with us and did an amazing job during this difficult semester!! #medievaltwitter

[Kate Leach @Kate_Leach1]

Someone told me that since I finished this #PhD during basically a plague, I can call myself a #PlagueDoctor! My stages of writing: at p. 100 I was tired, at p. 200 I was tired, at p. 327 I was tired, and at submission I was tired (of my dissertation)! #AcademicTwitter

[Kate Leach @Kate_Leach1]

From @britishlibrary Add. MS 15045. Efficacious words: rabus albus renus ranus epulus...

[Kate Leach @Kate_Leach1]

In case you meet a rabid dog on your daily walk, here's a charm (mid 16th c.) to heal a dog bite on a person or animal. Write the efficacious words in cheese or bread and give to the bitten person or animal to eat! #History #Healing #Welsh #medieval / #earlymodern #manuscript

[Kate Leach @Kate_Leach1]

(Wellcome MS 417)... also I hope no one is out walking with a bad cough!! Stay healthy everyone!

[Kate Leach @Kate_Leach1]

Late 16th c. Welsh charm for a cough involving hollowing out an elder branch, carving efficacious words on part of it, and using the hollow branch as a straw from which to drink spring water. Try it on your next govt. approved nature walk! #History #medicine #Welsh #manuscript

[Kate Leach @Kate_Leach1]

One of the more absurd sentences in my dissertation: "This Welsh fertility charm will apparently work on a woman having difficulty conceiving, or an old, barren tree." (Wellcome MS 417) #medievaltwitter #medieval #earlymodern #Welsh #medicine #History #phdlife

[Kate Leach @Kate_Leach1]

(Cardiff MS 3.242)

[Kate Leach @Kate_Leach1]

Accidentally deleted my previous post (#oldage) so here's another 14th c. Welsh fever charm. Write the efficacious words and put them around the feverish woman's neck. Try it out next time you're feeling ill, but also wash your hands and stay home! #medieval #medicine #Welsh

[Kate Leach @Kate_Leach1]

@CymraegAber @WICI_LLGC @NLWales Diolch yn fawr!!

[Kate Leach @Kate_Leach1]

Probably the best entrance sign ever, this made me smile today! @NLWales #medieval #manuscript #wales

[National Library of Wales @NLWales]

We look forward to welcoming Katherine Leach to our History of Medicine in Wales Conference next month. Katherine, a PhD candidate in the Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures @Harvard will examine ritual healing in 16th century Wales.

Tickets - https://t.co/fE5MVVsEm8

[Kate Leach @Kate_Leach1]

Spent yesterday with this 15th century Latin charm for catching a thief and recovering stolen property! From a 14th century Welsh book of medicine #MedievalTwitter #medieval #manuscript #paleography #historyofmedicine #healing #charms #welsh #wales

[Kate Leach @Kate_Leach1]

That time this summer when I learned that my average-sized hands even match a medical practitioner from the 15th/16th century... #averagelifegoals #medievaltwitter #history #manuscripts #historyofmedicine #research

[Kate Leach @Kate_Leach1]

Favorite #teaching day of the semester! Class trip to @HoughtonLib to see texts and items related to magical practice, as well as the Witchcraft trials of Europe and New England! #library #classtrip #harvard #magic #charms #witchcraft